Thread-cleaning attachment for textile machinery



Nov. 20, 1923 1,475,036

' M. C. STERLING ET AL w THREAD CLEANING ATTACHMENT FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY Filed Dec. 51 1921 Patented Nov. 2%, 1923.

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MYRON C. STERLING, OF MIFFLINBURG, AND WILLIAM E. SALLADE, 0F TURBOTVILLE,

PENNSYLVANIA.

THREAD-CLEANING ATTACHMENT FOE TEXTILE MACHINERY.

Application filed December 31, 1921. Serial No. 526,133.

T 0 all whom a may concern Be it known that we, MYRoN C. STERLING and WILLIAM 'E. SALL-ADE, residing, respectively, at Miffiinburg, in the county of Union, and Turbotville, in the county of Northumberland, both in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Thread-Cleaning Attachments for Textile Machinery, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention has reference, in general terms, to thread cleaning attachments for use in conjunction with textile machinery, and more particularly it is designed for the purpose of removing waste, bad knots and slubs from various sizes of finished thread as the same is run from mill spools to receiving tubes, spools or cones.

The principal objects of our invention, among others of almost equal importance which will hereinafter appear, are; first, to provide a cleaning attachment for thread which may be adjusted to feed thread to a cleaning element either with or without angular tension; second, to provide a cleanin blade and a block which are adjustable independently with respect to each other and to a supporting standard whereby to accommodate threads of different sizes and to permit the removal of accumulated waste; third, to provide means whereby thread will be fed to the cleaning element in a constant position; and, fourth, to so arrange the structural elements of my attachment that all are supported upon a single standard which may be readily attached or detached to the wooden girth of a machine or any other suitable base.

To these and other ends, our invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims forming a part of this specification.

One embodiment of our invention is represented by way of example in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1, is a front elevation of our attachment showing a mill spool and a receiving spool with the thread passing through the cleaning element.

Figure 2, is a side elevation looking from the receiving spool, and,

Figure 3, is a side elevation looking from the mill or supply spool.

Like characters of reference designate like "of substantially L-shaped arms (4). As

shown in Figure 1, the arms (4:) are disposed on opposite. sides of the standard (2) and their attached ends are bent upon themselves'as at (5) to receive the bolt (3). The free ends of the arms have mounted thereon porcelain or metallic eyes (6) which face each other in the same plane and are adapted to receive the thread designated by The thread (A) passes through the eyes (which constitute guides) from the supply or mill spool (B) to the receiving spool (C) in the direction of the arrow as shown.

Removably mounted by means of a bolt (7 to the free end of the standard (2), and adjustable angularly within the limits defined by movement of the bolt (7) in its receiving opening is a porcelain or metallic block (8) which is undercut as at (9) to extend slightly over the end. The upper edge of the block (8) is beveled as at (10) and is normally aligned with the eyes (6) so that the thread (A) which is trained thereacross will not be subject to angular tension while passing beneath the cleaning blade. The free end of the standard is formed with a slot (11) through which is arranged a bolt (12) for adjustably attaching a cleaning member (13) formed with a blade (14). extending at right angles thereto to lie substantially parallel with the block (8). -The bolt (12) may be loosened to either adjust the blade (14) to accommodate threads of different sizes or to swing the blade clear of the block to remove the thread or rewind it from spool to spool.

By adjusting the arms (4:) vertically, the thread passing over the block may be placed under angular tension, and by adjusting the arms laterally the position of the thread with respect to the blade (14) may be changed. Furthermore, all of the separate parts forming my attachment may be changed with facility should they become inapt for use or broken while the guide arms are interchangeable.

In operation, the thread (A) is trained through the eyes (6), across the block (8), and is run from the mill or supply spool (B) to the receiving spool, tube or cone (C); All knots. slubs and Waste will contact with the blade (14) and will be removed, so that the operations of the throw ster and weaver will be greatly facilitated.

WVhile in the foregoing, there has been illustrated and described such combination and arrangement of elements as constitute the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is nevertheless desired to emphasize the fact that interpretation of the invention should only be conclusive when made in the light of the subjoined claims.

We claim 1. A cleaning attachment for thread comprising a vertical standard, substantially L-shaped guide members adjustably attached to the standard upon opposite sides thereof and midway the extremities of the standard a block attached to the upper terminal 0 the standard for angular adjustment, and

a cleaning blade mounted for pivotal and slidingadjustment with respect to the block.

2. A cleaning attachment for thread comprising guide members, a standard for supporting said guide members, a block adjustably secured to the standard, and an L-shaped cleaning member adjustably attached to the standard and extending across the block for the purpose set forth.

3. A cleaning attachment for thread comprising a pair of opposed guide members, a standard rising between the guide members, unitary means for adjustably attaching the guide members to the standard, a block mounted for angular adjustability upon an end of the standard,'and an L- shaped cleaning member adjustably mounted upon the standard and arranged above the block.

In testimony whereof, We aflix our signatures hereto.

MYRON o. STERLING, WILLIAM E. SALLADE. 

